The country designed a road map for the development of sustainable shrimp farming that aims to increase shrimp exports by 250%.
The call funds projects that facilitate the transfer of bio-resources from harvest to processing to ensure traceability, quality, sustainability and the necessary quantity or pre-processing of the bio-resources for conversion into products for the market.
The company has been focused on a sustainable future, tailoring its strategy towards economic, social and environmental returns.
This spring marks the 50th anniversary of the first-ever successfully farmed salmon in Norway. Salmon farming has come a long way since then, and today Norwegian salmon is a global commodity.
“European aquaculture is facing its biggest challenge for decades and, if the situation is not dealt with correctly, market risks will continue threatening in the aftermath of the sanitary crisis,” the federation said.
Its feed provider, BioMar, will begin uploading supply chain data to the network, creating an immutable record of the feed used and the conditions where the salmon was raised, packed, certified and shipped to distributors around the world.
Asbjørn Børsting was elected as FEFAC’s new president for 2020 – 2023.
The country, that currently produces seabream and tilapia, seeks to increase aquaculture production through new shrimp, abalone, seabream, cobia and seaweed projects.
Northeast Nutrition Scotland appointed Gavin Ross as plant manager at Invergordon Feed Mill and will help grow the production pipeline in the future.
The company acquired the compound feed operations of Neovia Indonesia, PT Welgro Feedmill and PT Wirifa Sakti, from ADM focus on the poultry, aqua and swine feed segments.
The Norwegian government announced that NOK 20 million ($2 million) will be allocated for research on the development of fish feed based on Norwegian raw material.
The Norwegian company partnered with the startup Metapod to incorporate new, locally produced insect meal from grasshoppers and crickets in the salmon feed.
The weaknesses in the shrimp markets, an oversupply of Artemia and the early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the revenues in the company’s Advanced Nutrition business.
The company has been consolidating the concepts of its sustainable development that cover several areas, essentially based on the balance between decisive economic growth, social equity and protection of the environment.
Research shows for the first time the ability of Hermetia illucens to bioaccumulate non-essential elements such as barium, bismuth and gallium.
A study showed that the use of Veramaris® microalgal oil in diets is well tolerated by rainbow trout, even at high levels (10% supplementation) in fish oil-free diets.
The company found high efficiency in the recovery of retracted operculum even in stocks with a prevalence of more than 90% with different degrees of severity.
The company completed a £1.2 million investment to expand its UK facilities and initiate the company expansion in Southeast Asia with a new Singapore facility that will focus on tropical marine species.
Study finds that fed aquaculture production could almost double over the next decade and increased use of novel feeds from sources other than wild-caught fish could help to ensure this growth.
The country predicts a three-fold increase in the production of aquaculture products by 2030 – up to 600,000 tons.
